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When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.

The kinds of stories I want to be a part of telling are about delving into what it is to be a human being.

I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.

Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. It's the only way that I can do anything, even if I'm quite useless. It's the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.

The only thing that infuriates me is that I have more unwritten stories in me than I can conceivably write in a lifetime.

Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.

Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.

I've always believed in working hard, and I'm grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I'm passionate about telling.

I got fed up with the human race, really. I got a very negative feeling about human potentials. And for a while, I thought I might write a book without any human beings in it whatsoever.